Notes: | Streaming audio. The 1st and 2nd works are cantatas; 3rd work is the orginal version of the 1st work. It was withdrawn by Weill and replaced by his complete setting. Text of Der Lindberghflug by Bertolt Brecht; text of the Ballad of Magna Carta by Maxwell Anderson. Eds. recorded: Wien : Universal (1st work); N.Y.C. [i.e. New York City] : Hampshire House (2nd work). Durations: 36:00; 15:26; 18:00. In the 1st work: Wolfgang Schmidt as Lindbergh ; Herbert Feckler, Lorenz Minth, Christoph Scheeben, soloists ; Pro Musica Köln ; Kölner Rundfunkorchester ; Jan Latham-König, conductor. In the 2nd work: Jane Henschel, narrator ; Noel Tyl as King John ; Joachim Calaminus, Helmut Clemens, soloists ; Pro Musica Köln ; Kölner Rundfunkorchester ; Jan Latham-König, conductor. In the 3rd work: Ernst Ginsberg, narrator ; Betty Mergler, Erik Wirl, Fritz Düttbernd, Gerhard Pechner, soloists ; Berliner Funkchor ; Berliner Funkorchester ; Hermann Scherchen, conductor. Recorded Oct. 1987 at the Funkhaus, Cologne (1st-2nd work); radio broadcast, Mar. 18, 1930, Berlin (3rd work).
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